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A spokesman for the group Parking Action St Ives (or Pasti for short) said the proposed rise by the council was completely unacceptable.

She said: “No-one minds paying but we don’t accept this huge increase. St Ives is being singled out and everybody is very angry about it.

“St Ives is in one of the poorest wards in the county. How do they think people are going to have the money to pay for this?

The Cornwall Council-owned car park beside St Ives railway station

“This is not going to help residents and it’s not going to help businesses in the town. Businesses have trouble recruiting people here because of parking and if they can offer a space, they’ll take that hit.”